The Grand Old Party and rabid Rush Limbaugh fans still have a surprise up their sleeves. Unlike their ill-fated attempts to get Ronnie Reagan on Mount Rushmore, this secret mission amounts to an unexpected foray into a previously unexplored area: ART!

Intended to burnish his legacy into The United States institutional memory, this moon-shot type project is being funded for our current president, upon his imminent retirement, by religious admirers and compassionate conservatives.

This work of political art will be a ninety foot wide mural, executed in fresco, to cover over the interior second dome of The Capital in Washington, D.C. (where currently exists a painting of some founding father or another.) Projected artist is to be a authentic decendant of Brumidi, the original sub-contractor.

The word: apotheosis in the title means literally the raising of this person to the rank of a god.

This incredible display of asssention will depict America's 43rd president rising to Heaven in glory. Bush Jr. will be flanked by two female figures representing the Right to Life, and the Estate Tax. An oil derrick pumps at his feet, with thirteen Republicans, representing the original neo-cons, holding a banner that reads: "In loco Parentis " surrounded by six groups of figures lining the perimeter in a 180 degree arc to the far right.

The six groups below Bush Jr, begining counter clockwise are:

Tax Cuts for the Rich are portrayed as Berkshire-Hathaway teaching Wall Street-ers to avoid over-exhuberence, and that Fannie Mae too.

Halliburton honors follow, as Jack Abramoff hands off a big bag of money to Duke Cunningham, Scooter Libby, and Tom DeLay.

Next: Pre-emptive War, with an totally undersized military and our elusive and ever listening NSA, attempting to thwart all foes, foreign or domestic.

Then, Environmental Neglect is shown with Smokey The Bear holding his badly burned feet, and ANWAR with some dead penguins and caribou.

Also, Industry is featured by portraits of private security guards, armed with tasers and tear gas, producing cruise missles and MRE's around the clock.

Lastly, Lady Liberty is viewed as the Goddess of Mistakes, royally seated in a free stadium luxury box, next to Uncle Sam, who is wearing a red, white, and blue tuxedo, handcuffs and a muzzle, which underlines the loss of civil rights, and rendering of detainees to third countries for torture.

This mosaic of metaphors, comissioned by The NRA, is to be representative of The Bush Doctrine and its generational and worldwide ramifications, if any.

A rich, imaginative fresco, this glorification personified is planned to be unveiled at the innauguration of The Republican Party's successor in 2008. (Certain people named Kennedy, Clinton, and Dean are not invited)

Many think this is an appropriate way to honor the efforts of our beleagured and verbally challenged leader. Won't you help?

Donations for The Apotheosis of George Bush Jr accepted by The West Coast Chapter of The National Society of the Terminally Gullible, located in friendly Crawford, Texas USA ...Heads up, Y'all!